diff --git a/contrib/find_offenders.pl b/contrib/find_offenders.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+if (scalar(@ARGV) != 2) {
+    print "Usage:
+           find_offenders.pl <header_file_list> <source_tree_path>
+           eg.,: running from top level source tree
+           #contrib/find_offenders.pl contrib/results.txt .\n";
+    exit(3);
+}
+$source_tree = @ARGV[1];
+$header_file_list = @ARGV[0];
+
+#first construct the danger list
+open(FILE_LIST, "$header_file_list") || print "Could not open results.txt\n";
+open(DANGER_FILES, "> contrib/headers.txt") || print "Could not open headers.txt\n";
+
+while (<FILE_LIST>) {
+#check if this file is a file in the source tree
+    chomp($_);
+    $file_name = $_;
+    open(FILE, "find . -name $file_name |") || print "find failed\n";
+    while(<FILE>) {
+        #file is found 
+        print DANGER_FILES "#include <$file_name>\n";
+    }
+    close (FILE);
+}
+close (DANGER_FILES);
+close (FILE_LIST);
+
+open(DANGER_FILES, "contrib/headers.txt") || print "Could not open headers.txt\n";
+open(OFFENSIVE, "> contrib/offenders.list") || print "Could not open offenders list\n";
+
+while (<DANGER_FILES>) {
+
+    $header = $_;
+    chomp($header);
+    print;
+
+    open(C_FILES, "find $source_tree -name *.c |") || print "Could not complete find command\n";
+
+    while (<C_FILES>) {
+        $c_file = $_;
+        open(C_FILE, "$c_file") || print "Could not open $_\n";
+        while (<C_FILE>) {
+            if (/$header/) {
+                print OFFENSIVE $header ." --> ". $c_file ;    
+            }
+        }
+        close (C_FILE);
+    }
+
+    close (C_FILES);
+    
+    open(H_FILES, "find . -name *.h |") || print "Could not complete find command\n";
+
+    while (<H_FILES>) {
+        $h_file = $_;
+        open(H_FILE, "$h_file") || print "Could not open $_\n";
+        while (<H_FILE>) {
+            if (/$header/) {
+                print OFFENSIVE $header ." --> ". $h_file ;    
+            }
+        }
+        close (H_FILE);
+    }
+
+    close (H_FILES);
+}
+
+close (DANGER_FILES);
+close (OFFENSIVE);